Example sentences of "[adj] they [vb base] [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the moment they are prepared to work with the political parties in keeping up the momentum December generated , but it 's clear they intend to progress with their agenda whether or not the formal politicians continue to drag their feet . |
| 2 | This will have to be done very tactfully , though , for men find it much harder than women to admit how dependent they have become on their partner . |
| 3 | But the best-laid schemes of mankind and its security police can be blown aside in the squeeze of the assassin 's trigger , sending one to heaven and one to hell and not for any good or ill they 've done to him . |
| 4 | ‘ After all they 've done for me , ’ he bit toughly , ‘ I 'd have far more compunction if I allowed their youngest and much-thought-of son to ruin his life over some female who obviously does n't care a damn for him ! ’ |
| 5 | I mean Preston is about twenty miles south of er where we are but I know that there are gardens north of where we are that do grow good peaches but what they do they cover the er plants during the early spring round about February time and they cover it with very fine ne net , that 's all they need to do with it just cover it up when the flowers are out , make sure that they lift it off every now and again to do the pollinating , get them set and then when the frosts have gone take the net off . |
| 6 | Since the people making the devices know all they need to know about them , no other information is needed . |
| 7 | Their sensuality and character are used to get close to those they choose to have around them to provide comfort . |
| 8 | apparently he went , he went round telling everybody erm he was doing a live exercise and he got singed or something but this , this erm , its Browndown on the South Coast and it was , it was a Christ it was a Christmas piss up , regiment Christmas piss up and anything goes , as long as you do n't physically hurt somebody , although that has been known to happen and its not criminal anything goes right , but honestly the worse you do to somebody the worse they do back to you , and people are getting tied bollock naked up the flag poles , dumped in bins , erm , tied in their beds , put out in the middle of the parade ground , fucking all sorts of things you know , like what we can do , the most common thing is nicking , you know the old walking pay slips they 've got |
| 9 | I write everything and work my arse off and , while I 'm very flattered they want to work with me , I 'd just use someone else if they did n't . ’ |
| 10 | In particular they want to speak to anyone who saw a black man , aged about 24 , who was at the Social Services office in Calthorpe Street and was also seen later at Banbury and Oxford train stations . |